The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
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Deprivation
Synonyms for "deprivation" (220 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (44)
abnegationabridgmentabsenceawaynessbanishmentbare cupboardbare subsistencebeggarlinessbeggarybereavementblackballingblankcashieringcontradictioncostcurtailmentdamagedead lossdebitdeclension
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (66)
Noun(9 words)
destructiondethronementdetrimentdisadvantagedisagreementdisallowancedisassemblydisbarmentdisbarringdisburdeningdisburdenmentdisclaimerdisclamationdiscrownmentdisenthronementdisentitlementdisfellowshipdismantlementdismembermentdismissal
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disobediencedisplacementdisplumingdispossessiondissentdivestmentdroughtemptinessempty purseexclusionexcommunicationexileexpatriationexpenseexpulsionextraditionfaminefiringforced resignationforfeitforfeiturefugitationgrinding povertygripehand-to-mouth existenceholding backhomelessnessimpeachmentimperfectionimpoverishmentincompletenessindigenceinjurykicking upstairslack
Verb(2 words)
Related words (110)
liquidationloserlosinglosing streaklossmendicancymoneylessnessnaynecessitousnessnecessityneedneedinessnegationnegativenegative answernegativenessnegativitynevernessnihilitynix
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nononacceptancenonbeingnoncompliancenonconsentnonentitynonexistencenonobservancenonoccurrencenonpresencenonrealitynonsubsistencenot-beingnothingnessnowherenessnullityomissionostracismostracizationoustingoutlawingoutlawryoverthrowoverthrowalpauperismpauperizationpensioning offpenuryperditionpinchprivationpurgerecantationrefusalrejectionrelegationrelievingremovalrepudiationretentionretirementrobberyruinrusticationsacrificeshortageshortcomingshortfallspoliationstarvationstrippingsubtractionsuperannuationsuspensiontaking awaythumbs downthumbs-downtotal losstransportationturndownunactualityunchurchingundoingunfrockingunrealityunseatingunwillingnessvacancyvacuityvacuumvoidwantwantagewithholding
Noun(13 words)
Determiner(1 words)
no food
Adjective(1 words)
poor state
Verb(1 words)
starve ecosystems
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesMore specific
8 entriesdestitutionfood deprivationhousing deprivationincome deprivationpovertyproperty deprivationrights deprivationwater deprivation
Collocations
6 entrieseconomic deprivationextreme deprivationfood deprivationsevere deprivationsocial deprivationwater deprivation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 11 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- пазбаўленне noun (act of depriving)
Danish
1 entries- afsavn noun (act of depriving)
Dutch
3 entries- afneming noun (act of depriving)
- beroving noun (act of depriving)
- ontneming noun (act of depriving)
Finnish
1 entries- riistäminen noun (act of depriving)
German
4 entries- Aberkennen noun (act of depriving)
- Aberkennung noun (act of depriving)
- Entziehen noun (act of depriving)
- Entziehung noun (act of depriving)
Indonesian
1 entries- deprivasi noun (act of depriving)
Polish
1 entries- pozbawienie noun (act of depriving)
Portuguese
1 entries- privação noun (act of depriving)
Russian
1 entries- лише́ние noun (act of depriving)
Spanish
1 entries- privación noun (act of depriving)
Ukrainian
1 entries- позбавлення noun (act of depriving)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Sleep deprivation increases risk of heart attacks.
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Material wealth often goes hand in hand with social deprivation.
Source: tatoeba (1490744)
If one is suffering from sleep deprivation, one's attention can slip.
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Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.